Subject: Re: [netbsd-help] Re: Can't boot from hdd after successful installation of 3.0
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: David Laight <david@l8s.co.uk>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/13/2006 22:30:10
On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 12:59:31PM -0500, George Georgalis wrote:
> 
> I had a very similar problem but on a dual Xeon -- 2.0.2 worked
> fine, 3.0 would not boot. It was first resolved by disconnecting
> the ATA disk and using the onboard scsi instead. There was also
> APCI problems. A full resolution came through a BIOS update.
> 
> If a new bios is available these links, will help install it.
> 
> Non-Windows Based Image Files W/ImageApp
> http://www.bootdisk.com/bootdisk.htm
> DOS 6.22 | Win98 | Win98SE | WinMe
> Special Disk For Bios Flashing
> http://1gighost.net/jerseyboy/drdflash.zip 

At a guess the bios fails to do reads of more than 1 sector!!!

	David

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David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk